51.  First Interstate long viewed Wells Fargo as an adversary ruled by an autocratic management bent on slashing costs and installing its own executives in senior positions.

52.  Haimovitz held senior positions at Viacom Inc. and Spelling Entertainment Group Inc.

53.  He brushed aside offers of a senior position in the White House.

54.  He also held senior positions at Cullinet Software, Software International and Para Research.

55.  He also held senior positions at the Energy Department that included responsibility for nuclear weapons development, production and intelligence.

56.  He broke all records for appointing black Arkansans to senior state positions, a practice that he has continued in the White House.

57.  He offered a senior position to Kenneth Clarke, the former chancellor of the exchequer, whom he defeated for the party leadership in a runoff vote on Thursday.

58.  He said Scott had been groomed for a senior executive position and would be an acceptable successor to Purcell.

59.  He left the White House last week for a senior position with the National Basketball Association in his typically quiet way, with no public ceremony or presidential proclamation.

60.  He left the White House last week for a senior position at the National Basketball Association in his typically quiet way, with no public ceremony or presidential proclamation.